Weird Speaker Problem with MacBook Pro...

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  1. wm6405, Sep 11, 2009

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    Just a little while ago, I was on Garageband making a ringtone with my speakers maybe 1-2 notches below half way, and all of the sudden I heard a sort of POP noise and then the speakers stopped working. I went to itunes and started playing a song and right when the music should have started playing, I heard another POP, and when I paused it there was another popping noise. I have no idea what this is? I couldn't have blown the speakers because it wasn't even turned up half way...Any help, guys?
     
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  2. DooDaaDame, Sep 11, 2009

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    I also had this weird popping noise while working with garageband, imovie, itunes and screenflow at the same time working on a project. The sound would cut out after the static pop and I'd have to restart to regain sound. I googled the problem and found a few others with the same problem, but no answer. Since I had nothing else to do, I updated garageband, quicktime, and just about everything else that came up in my apple update window that was remotely involved with these softwares, including itunes. The problem has not re-occurred since then. Give this a try.
     
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  3. wm6405, Sep 11, 2009

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    Ok thanks for the reply...Yeah, I just restarted my computer shortly after and it back to normal, but it did give me a bit of a scare for a bit. I couldn't think of anything I had done to damage the speakers...I'll try updating to see if that keeps it from happening again

    Thanks again!
     
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  4. vapormike, Sep 16, 2009

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    I have this popping noise problem from my macbook pro too. It occurs during random intervals while i use itunes or the dvd player. I have the late 2008 version of the macbook pro 15". I've called apple and they told me to reset the smc, it didnt fix the problem. Any thoughts?
     
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  5. waffles123, Nov 6, 2009

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    My Mac has also just started to do this. I restarted it and it was fine, then a day later the same thing happened. This has happened three times now, and all when I have clicked the play button on youtube. Is this Snow Leopard related? Because this never happened on Leopard, and shouldn't be hardware because it is fixed on a restart :(
     
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  6. Fuchal, Nov 6, 2009

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    If you're on battery power it's probably the amp turning off or on to conserve power.
     
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  7. waffles123, Nov 6, 2009

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    I'm not on battery power. After the first pop, any sound coming through creates a popping sound from the speakers.
     
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